Implement for removing jar tops



Apr, 3, 1923. 1,450,168

E. BEYER IMPLEMENT FOR REMOVING JAR TOPS Filed July 2?, .1920 2 sheets-sheet 1 iNVENTOR Erqzl Bi er, I-

ATTORNEYS Apr3,1923. 1,450,168

' E. BEYER IMPLEMENT FOR REMOVING J'An TOPS Filed July 27, 1920 2 sheets-sheep 2 INVENTOR:

ATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 3, 1923.

UNITED STATES EMIL BEYER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPLEMENT FOR REMOVING JAR TOPS.

Application filed July 27, 1920. Serial N0. 399,358.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL BEYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jerse have invented certain new and useful mprovements in Implements for Hemoving Jar Tops; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

and to characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates, generally, to improvements in jar-openers; and, the present invention has reference, more particularly, to a novel construction of household article, in the form of an implement or too], comprising a handle, adapted for use as a lever, and a flexible loop of thin piano wire, or the like, which is adapted to be placed either beneath or above the annularly pr-o j ecting portions of the usual rubber sealing ring arranged about the neck of the ar and its hermetically sealed glass-top or cover, and by means of the handle the thin wire loop is readily forced either between the lower surface of the rubber and the neckportion of the jar upon which the rubber is placed, or between the upper surface of the rubber and the sealed glass-top or cover, so that without any twistingor rotary actionof the wire-loop and without damage to the rubber,an air-induction space or opening is produced to permit an inrush of air into the body of the jar, and whereby the usual and previously tightly sealed glass-top or cover can be readily lifted without force from such previously sealed position upon the topopening or mouth of the ar.-

With the above-stated purposes in view, the said invention has for its principal object to provide a novel and simply construct Other objects of the present invention not at this time more particularly enumeratedwill be clearly understood from the following detailed description ofthe present invention.

The "invention consists, therefore, in the novel and simply constructed, as well as efiiclently operating tool or implement hereinafter more fully described, for the removal from a glass jar of the usual sealing rubber and the usual glass-top or cover.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1- is a top or plan viewof the usual glass-top or cover and a plan view of the separating and removing toolor implement, the top or cover being represented in its sealed relation upon the open top of a glass jar, and the separating and removing tool or implement being shown with its piano-wire loop inserted beneath the glass-top or cover, with the handle of the tool about to be operated for the separation of the sealing rubber and the glass-top or cover from their sealed relation with the jar.

Fig. 2 is atop-plan view of the separating and removing tool or implement, de-

tached from the jar; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan v1ew of the handle thereof, showing in connection therewith, fragmentary portions of the wire-loop; and Fig. l is a vertical sectional representation of the tool, said section being taken on line 44 in said Fig. 2, looking: in the direction of the arrow w.-

Fig. 5 is a top-plan view of a sealing-rub ber and glass-top separating and removing tool of a slightly modified construction; Fig. 6 is a bottom-plan view of the same; and Fig. 7 is a longitudinal vertical sectional representation of the tool, said section being:

taken on line 7 7 in said Fig. 6, looking in the direction of'the arrow 7 Similar characters of reference are employed -in all of'the said above described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, the reference-character 1 indicates a suitably shaped handle made from a blank of sheet-steel, or other suitable material, the said blank being provided atits one end with oppositelv projecting horns, as.

2 and 3, which are respectively formed with suitably disposed holes or perforations '4 and 5, that portion of the handle located between the said horns 2 and 3, being bounded by the concave marginal edge-portion 6,; substantially as shown; The said handle being made of a thin metal, preferably "of sheet-steel as has been stated, for strength. and to prevent sharp marginal edge-por-. tions, is preferably bounded by a marginal flange or rib, as 7, or other similar projecting member, as shown more particularly in Fig. 30f the drawings.

The previously mentioned wire loop for separating the sealing ring or rubber 8, indicated in dotted outline in said- Fig. 1, from the usual glass-top or cover 9 of the jar, is represented by the reference-character 10, said loop being preferably a pieceof thin and flexible piano-wire. The ends 11 and 12 of said loop are inserted in the respeetiye holes or perforations 4 and 5, and are twisted about the main wire of the loop,

. as at 13, 13, and as clearlyv shown in the sevshown inFi gure eral figures of the drawings.

Qf course it will be understood, that the ends'of the. loop 10 may be otherwise connected with or secured to the respective horns of the handle, and I therefore do not limit'myjselftothe exact manner of attachmg the ends of the loop to the said horns 2 anus, as represented in saidFigures 1, 2, and 1 of the drawings.

Referring now to Figures 5, 6 and 7 of the drawings, in which Lhave shown a slightly modified construction of sealing-rubber and glass-topseparating and removing tool, the reference-character 1 1 indicates a suitably formed handle, preferably made of sheetsteel, or the like, the end-portion 15 of said handle being formed with oppositely projecting horns 16. and 17, and with the concave marginal edge 18, substantially as V The said horns 16 and 17are also respectivelvprovided with slits, as 19, and back of said slits with marginal ea lis or lugs, as 20 and 21,

Mounted uponthe lowerface of thesaid end-portion 15' of the handle is an are- "shapedplate 22 formed withthe concave marginal edge 9L3.which corresponds. to the concave marginal edge 18 above-mentioned, The said plate 22.is alsoproyided with the Inarginalearsor lugs 24 and 25. which are inserted lthroughithel'said slits 18 and 19 for the purpose of securing the said plate 22 upon said end-p ortion15 of the handle 1+1. Tlie sai'd plate 22 :is also. provided near its ends with perforations 26 into and through which are passed the endsof a wirev loop 27, said ends of the wire being bent over, as at 28 see" Fig'. 7, beingsecu red against displacement bv the lugs or ears'QO and 21 which are bent over as shown and are forcibly pressed downupontlie bent over ends 28 of-the wire loop 27, all-of which will be; clearly, understood from an inspection of' said Figures-5, 6 and of the drawings;

Whenit is desired to use either of the tools or implements herein abov'e described for separating the usual rubber ring andgiaesap er cover from their hermetically sealedrelation with theinouth ofth e usual gias'er'eservin jar, the'wire loop "5r bail a ng pa'rfioffthejar' is fir 't'ais gagea fe; teeteringerases? ea-es er;

or cover, and the thin wire loop of the tool is then placed over the said top or cover and d'sposed either upon the upper project ng surface-portion of the sealing rubber or ring and beneath the corresponding portion of the glass-top or cover, or directly beneath the lower surface-portion of the said sealing rubher or ring, where it rests upon the corresponding portion of the jar, with the concave portion of the handle correspondingly placed against the side of the jar. By pulling laterally upon the handle, so as to use one of the projecting horns as a fulcrum see Fig.1 of the drawings, the thin wire loop is caused to cut in between the rubber and the glasscover, or between the rubber and the bodyof the jar. as the case may be, thereby, at a portion of the jar opposite the fulcrumal point of the handle. disengaging the rubber sufliciently from its sealing relation with the cover of the jar, to provide an opening or space which permits of an inrush of air into the interior. of the jar, and thereby enabling. the operator to easily lift the cover from its previously closed and sealed relation with the jar. as will be clearly evident.

From an inspection of Fig. 1 of the draw ings. it will readily be understood that. in

operating the handle, so that the latter will act. in the manner of a lever, there is no twisting effect of the wireloop upon, the rubber, so that there will be no tearing or crushing of the parts, which would otherwise render them inoperative for future use.

0f course, I am aware that, some changes. may be,.made,in the general foinrandproportion of the various parts, as well as in. the manner. of attaching, or connecting the wire loop to theha ndle, without departing from the scope of the present inventiom Hence,1 do not limit iny present invention to the, general arrangements and combinations of'the several. parts as particularly described in the foregoingspecification, nor do "I confine myself to the exact detailsof the construction ofthe said parts, 'aisillirsf trated in the accompanying drawings.

I claim:

1. A tool or implement adapted for use as a separator for thesealing rubber and glass top of a jar. eomprisi'ng'a handle. and

horns at one end of the handle, said horns. extending laterally from the opposite and,

longitudinally extending marginal edge-portrons of'the handle. anjd a thin wire loop attached atsits respectiveends to said horns? awayfrom' the neck ofthe jar when the,

handle is operated,- so asto force the'wire loop either above orbelow the sealingru'bher to provide an air-induction space for liftin the glass top from the jar.

2. 3 tool or implement adapted for use as a separator for the sealing rubber and glass top of a jar, comprising a handle and horns at oneend of the handle, said horns extending laterally from the opposite and longitudinally extending marginal edge-portions of the handle, and a thin wire loop attached at its respective ends to said horns, and at points upon the horns located beyond the longitudinally extending marginal edge-portions of said handle, one of said horns serving as a fulcrum against the neck of the jar, and the other horn serving as a pull-member and being adapted to be moved away from the neck of the jar when the handle is operated, so as to force the wire-loop either above or below the sealing rubber to provide an air-induction space for lifting the glass top from the jar, and a marginal re-enforcing rib surrounding said handle.

3. A tool or implement adapted for use as a separator for the sealing rubber and glass top of a jar, comprising a handle and horns at one end of the handle, said horns extending laterally from the opposite and longitudinally extending marginal edge-portions of the handle, a plate mounted upon said horns and the connecting end-portion of the handle, means connected with said horns and said plate for securing the latter.

in a fixed position, and a thin wire loop at-. tached at its respective ends by means of said plate to said horns, and at points upon said horns located beyond the longitudinally extending marginal edge-portions of said handle, one of said horns serving as a fulcrum against the neck of the jar, and the other horn serving as a pull-member and being adapted to be moved away from the 'neck of the jar when the handle is operated,

so as to force the wire-loop either above or below the sealing rubber to provide an airinduction space for lifting the glass top from the jar.

4. A tool or implement adapted for use as a separator for the sealingrubber and glass top'of a jar, comprising a handle and horns at one end of the handle, said horns extending laterally from the opposite and longitudinally extending marginal edge-portions of the handle, a plate mounted upon said horns and the connecting end-portion of the handle, said horns being provided with slits and marginal ears extending from said plate into and through said slits and bent over upon said horns, a thin wire loop attached at its respective ends by means of said plate to said horns, and at points upon said horns located beyond the longitudinally extending marginal edge-portions of said handle, and marginal lugs extending from said horns and bent over upon said plate to secure the fastened ends of said wire-loop against displacement, one of said horns serving as a fulcrum against the neck of the jar, and the other horn serving as a pullmember and being adapted to be moved away from the neck of the jar when the handle is operated, so as to force the wireloop either above or below the sealing rub- I her to provide an air-induction space for lifting the glass top from the jar.

In testimony, that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 24th day of July, 1920.

'EMIL BEYER.

Witnesses:

FBEDK. C. F RAENTZEL, BARBARA W. SUTTERLIN. 

